Flamme

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Flamme
Japanese	フランメ
Romaji	Furanme
Biographical Information
Aliases	The Great Mage Flamme
Gender	Female
Species	Human
Class	Mage
Rank	Great Mage (大魔法使い)
Status	Deceased
Physical Description
Hair Color	Orange
Eye Color	Blue-green
Series Information
Manga Debut	Chapter 7
Anime Debut	Episode 4
Japanese VA	Atsuko Tanaka
English VA	Lydia Mackay

Flamme ｢フランメ, Furanme^?｣ was a human mage and the mentor of Frieren. She is regarded as a Great Mage from ages past and appears in modern chronicles of magic. She was one of Serie's former apprentices.

Personality

Frieren thought of Flamme as an unpleasant person and commented that Flamme "playing her like a fiddle" was the usual. She also called Flamme someone who was known to exaggerate.

Flamme was ruthless when fighting demons. She empathized with Frieren's hatred of demons, and, despite her love of magic, she was willing to constantly suppress her mana, something she considered cowardly and a mockery of magic, in order to kill them. She likened herself to Serie—someone unable to visualize a peaceful era, and thus unable to defeat the Demon King.

However, Flamme appeared to have a gentle personality; her favorite spell was one to make a field of flowers, and she dreamed of and pioneered an age where everyone could learn magic and learn spells such as that one. She saved Frieren when she was orphaned and raised her. She appeared to understand Frieren well, and predicted that Frieren would make a grave mistake and wish to revisit someone she had lost—this came true in the form of Himmel's death. She also had great trust in her disciple, declaring to Serie that Frieren, as a mage of a peaceful era, would be the one to kill the Demon King.

Appearance

Flamme had orange hair styled into a long, thick braid that reached to her knees with sideswept bangs and two strands of hair that reached her chest, framing her face. She commonly wore loose fitting clothing in the styles of tunics or togas. Her shoes were dark brown and had criss-crossing straps that reached below her knees. Flamme also wore numerous accessories, including a dark brown band on her upper left arm, thick gold bracelets, and a gold choker with a teardrop-shaped, red jewel.

Synopsis

History

Flamme is known as "The Great Mage Flamme" for being one of the most renowned mages that have ever existed, even after over a thousand years have passed. Additionally, the barriers she conjured are so strong that Demons still cannot break through them in the present.

Flamme's genuine love for magic.

As a child, Flamme was the pupil of Serie, who raised her on a whim. Before she became Serie's student, she lived with her parents, at least one of whom was a mage, as they showed her a spell to produce a beautiful field of flowers. This spell is what made her fall in love with magic. It is implied that Flamme's parents were killed by demons when she was young, hence Serie taking her under her wing.

When Frieren lost her elven village to demons, Flamme took her in and taught her how to fight and use magic for revenge. Flamme empathized with Frieren's hatred of demons and stated that demons had also taken everything from her. She knew Frieren so well that she expected Frieren to one day seek guidance and desire to learn more about humans after making a grave mistake. Flamme set up a grimoire with notes about Aureole—a location Flamme had visited at some point in the past—meant to guide Frieren in the future. These notes were protected by a sapling that Flamme planted and enchanted, which served as the grimoire's protector until Frieren would return one day.

Serie tells Frieren about young Flamme's dream.

Flamme's dream was to see an era in which anyone could use magic come to pass. This was born out of her genuine love of magic. When Flamme was younger, in human society, all forms of magic were deemed to be demonic techniques, and thus, open research on these techniques was considered taboo. Flamme was able to influence the Emperor of the largest unified empire on the continent to approve the research of magic country-wide, and she helped establish and educate a new division of Imperial Mages. Flamme was thus responsible for helping to usher in an era in which all of mankind would be able to use magic and acquire the power to oppose the Demon King's army. For this, Flamme is known as the founder of mankind's magic.

Before her death, Flamme taught Frieren a spell to produce a field of flowers, the same one that had made her fall in love with magic. She told Frieren she was glad she had entrusted her magic to her, and told Frieren to live modestly, for the day she made her mark on history would be the day she defeated the Demon King.

Flamme asked Frieren to deliver her will to Serie upon her death. She asks Serie to take over training the Imperial Mages established in the Empire, and also correctly predicts that Serie would be infuriated at the request and tear her will up. Despite this, she wanted to tell Serie that her dream had come true; Serie attests that within just one thousand years, the era of humans will have arrived.

Relationships

Frieren

Flamme and Frieren's first encounter.

Flamme was able to empathize with Frieren upon their initial encounter, having also lost everything dear to her to demons. They both share a deep love for magic despite their animosity towards the demons.

The first time she met Frieren, Flamme praised her for standing her ground against and defeating a horde of powerful demons, but at the same time told her that it would have been smarter to just run away and hide or resort to ambushes. She was also the one who taught Frieren to suppress her mana output so that demons would underestimate her and get caught off guard, fully aware that it was seen as a dirty and cowardly strategy. Flamme was a young Frieren's teacher with her own quirks, according to Frieren. She was quite cryptic about what she taught her.

Flamme raised a young Frieren until she died of old age. She stated that she was glad she entrusted her magic to Frieren, and she fully believed that her pupil would one day defeat the Demon King.

Serie

Serie reminisces about younger Flamme.

Flamme was Serie's student. Despite Serie claiming that she took Flamme as her apprentice on a whim, and that in the end, the two of them could never understand each other, Flamme was shown to understand Serie much better than she thought. Flamme correctly predicted that Serie would be displeased with her will and would tear it up, but she still wanted to tell her master that her dream had come true, showing she still cared about Serie. She also understood that Serie, just like she herself, would never be able to defeat the Demon King as she could not imagine an era of peace.

Despite not outwardly showing it, Serie cared for Flamme, as shown where she fondly reflected on their time together and remembered Flamme's favorite spell even a thousand years later, despite thinking it was pointless.

Abilities

Flamme disintegrates three demons at once.

• Unnamed Offensive Spell: A spell that creates an instanteneous explosion in front of the user.
• Mana Concealment: Flamme has mastered the art of concealing her mana, and uses it as a deception strategy against demons. Having trained it constantly, her skill in concealment is exceptional. Aware that it is considered cowardly, and making a mockery of noble magic, she would nevertheless pass on this teaching to Frieren and caution her to always keep her mana concealed for the rest of her life to deceive demons, much like Flamme herself was doing.
• Spell to produce a field of flowers: Flamme's favorite magic, to produce a beautiful field of flowers, which holds sentimental value to her. Flamme was taught this spell by her parents as a child, which made her fall in love with magic.
• Barrier Spells: Producing barriers that last to the present day — one thousand years after they were created — remains to be one of the most notable skills in her arsenal. Some of Flamme's barriers rely on the life-force of powerful living things, such as great trees, to sustain themselves.

Manga Appearance

Beyond Journey's End Arc
Chapter 1: The Journey's End	Absent
Chapter 2: The Priest's Lie	Absent
Chapter 3: Blue-Moon Weed	Absent
Chapter 4: The Mage's Secret	Absent
Chapter 5: Killing Magic	Absent
Chapter 6: New Year's Festival	Mentioned
Chapter 7: The Land Where Souls Rest	Flashback Debut
Chapter 8: One One-Hundredth	Absent
Chapter 9: Phantoms of the Dead	Mentioned
Chapter 10: Solar Dragon	Absent
Chapter 11: The Hero of the Village	Absent
Chapter 12: The Northern Checkpoint	Absent
Chapter 13: Liberation Festival	Mentioned

Aura the Guillotine Arc
Chapter 14: Monsters That Speak	Mentioned
Chapter 15: Draht	Absent
Chapter 16: The Murder of a Guard	Absent
Chapter 17: Frieren the Slayer	Mentioned
Chapter 18: The Undead Army	Absent
Chapter 19: Raid	Absent
Chapter 20: Master's Technique	Absent
Chapter 21: Coward	Flashback
Chapter 22: The Scales of Obedience	Flashback
Chapter 23: A Victory and a Funeral	Mentioned

Travels to Äußerst Arc
Chapter 24: The Elves' Wish	Absent
Chapter 25: The Village of the Sword	Absent
Chapter 26: A Gift to a Warrior	Mentioned
Chapter 27: A Priest from an Ordinary Village	Absent
Chapter 28: The Priest and His Regret	Mentioned
Chapter 29: Ideal Adult	Absent
Chapter 30: Mirrored Lotus	Absent
Chapter 31: Chaos Flower	Absent
Chapter 32: The Orden Family	Absent
Chapter 33: Old Man Voll	Absent
Chapter 34: The Statues of Heroes	Absent
Chapter 35: A Reason to Begin the Journey	Absent
Chapter 36: Emotional Support	Absent

First-Class Mage Exam Arc
Chapter 37: The First-Class Exam	Absent
Chapter 38: Stille—Meteoric Iron Bird	Absent
Chapter 39: Commence Capture Strategy	Absent
Chapter 40: A Spell to Capture a Bird	Absent
Chapter 41: Time for Resolve	Absent
Chapter 42: A Reason to Fight	Absent
Chapter 43: Privilege	Flashback
Chapter 44: Recapture the Stille	Absent
Chapter 45: Water-Manipulation Magic	Absent
Chapter 46: An Even-Better Flavor	Absent
Chapter 47: Fern and Her Baked Sweets	Absent
Chapter 48: The Ruin's of the King's Tomb	Absent
Chapter 49: Dungeons and Magical Items	Absent
Chapter 50: Spiegel—A Water-Mirror Demon	Absent
Chapter 51: Dungeon Battle	Absent
Chapter 52: Strategy Meeting	Absent
Chapter 53: An Era of Humans	Flashback
Chapter 54: A Spell that Slashes Almost Anything	Absent
Chapter 55: The Second Exam Ends	Absent
Chapter 56: Fern's Staff	Absent
Chapter 57: The Third Exam	Absent
Chapter 58: Serie's Intuition	Absent
Chapter 59: With a Little Help	Absent
Chapter 60: Departure and Farewell	Absent

The Golden Land Arc
Chapter 77: A Thunder of Dragons	Absent
Chapter 78: Lake Korridor	Absent
Chapter 79: The Great Tor Canyon	Absent
Chapter 80: Holy Snow Crystals	Absent
Chapter 81: The Golden Land	Flashback
Chapter 82: Diagoldze—The Spell to Transmute All Creation into Gold	Absent
Chapter 83: The Stone Bracelet of Servitude	Absent
Chapter 84: Daredevil	Absent
Chapter 85: Malice	Absent
Chapter 86: Discussions	Absent
Chapter 87: Affection	Absent
Chapter 88: Solitär	Absent
Chapter 89: Guilt	Absent
Chapter 90: Glück	Absent
Chapter 91: Onstage	Absent
Chapter 92: The End of Weise	Absent
Chapter 93: The Great Barrier	Absent
Chapter 94: Analysis	Absent
Chapter 95: Nameless Great Demon	Absent
Chapter 96: Master and Apprentice	Absent
Chapter 97: Observation	Absent
Chapter 98: Retribution	Absent
Chapter 99: Offense and Defense	Absent
Chapter 100: The Fundamentals of Mages	Absent
Chapter 101: Breakthrough	Absent
Chapter 102: A Tie	Absent
Chapter 103: Time for Retribution	Absent
Chapter 104: A Visit to Her Grave	Absent

Goddess's Monument Arc
Chapter 105: Golem	Flashback
Chapter 106: Sky-Mountain Dragon	Absent
Chapter 107: The Monument of the Goddess	Absent
Chapter 108: Reunion	Absent
Chapter 109: Zart the Remnant	Absent
Chapter 110: The Party of Heroes	Absent
Chapter 111: Escort Mission	Absent
Chapter 112: Faith	Absent
Chapter 113: Abyssal Dragon	Absent
Chapter 114: The Sword of the Hero	Absent
Chapter 115: Best Friend	Absent
Chapter 116: Spell to Return	Absent
Chapter 117: Miraculous Illusion	Absent
Chapter 118: Vialathor	Absent
Chapter 119: Memories	Absent

Imperial Territory Travels Arc
Chapter 120: False Image of a Hero	Mentioned
Chapter 121: Monsters on the Road	Flashback
Chapter 122: The Titan Fortress Ruins	Flashback
Chapter 123: Proof of Perseverance	Absent
Chapter 124: Shadow Warrior	Absent
Chapter 125: Family	Absent

Foundation Festival Arc
Chapter 126: A New Mission	Absent
Chapter 127: Retrieval Mission	Absent
Chapter 128: Magic Special Forces	Absent
Chapter 129: Shadow of the Empire	Mentioned
Chapter 130: Beneath the Water's Surface	Absent
Chapter 131: Escape	Absent
Chapter 132: Chase	Absent
Chapter 133: Silver Coins	Absent

Trivia

• Her name is the German word for "flame." This is juxtaposed with Frieren's name, which is the German word for "freezing."
• Flamme ranked the following in the official popularity polls:
  • 16th in the first popularity contest.
  • 29th in the second popularity contest, where multiple votes per character were counted.
    • In this same contest, Flamme ranked 9th when counting only unique votes (one vote per character per person).
• Flamme was one of the final roles performed by Japanese voice actress, Atsuko Tanaka, before her death on August 20, 2024.
• Despite having the same title of "大魔法使い" as Frieren and Serie, Crunchyroll translates Flamme's title as "Legendary Mage" rather than "Great Mage."